SPLC continues American history tour with German counterparts in Montgomery
The Southern Poverty Law Center on Wednesday held a panel discussion exploring how America and Germany remember their difficult pasts.
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer family slams far-right appropriation
Far-right groups in Alabama have spread comparisons of their causes to Bonhoeffer while painting the left as Nazi Germany.
Heiche plans Alabama manufacturing facility in Jasper
The Heiche plant creates at least 73 jobs and expands Walker County’s footprint in Alabama’s auto industry.
Monday is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
While this is a solemn day of remembrance, it is not a national or a state holiday.
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Seventy-five years ago today, on Sept. 2, World War II officially ended. After six years of global conflagration, the guns fell silent and the lights, a barometer of civilization, began to once again chase the darkness from the world. The war left Europe decimated, with 60 million people dead, and the islands of Japan smoldering … Continued
Evonik opens expansion of its biomaterial facility in Birmingham
Wednesday, Evonik announced that it has successfully commissioned an advanced biomaterials facility in Birmingham that will support global demand for the use of its RESOMER-brand bioresorbable polymers with implantable medical devices and parenteral drug products. According to the Alabama Department of Commerce, the Germany-based Evonik’s expansion of the 30,000 square foot facility allows the company … Continued
Alabama opens economic development office in Germany
Alabama has opened up shop in Germany, Gov. Kay Ivey’s office announced Monday. The Alabama Department of Commerce’s business development office in Stuttgart, Germany, aims to attract German investments in the Yellowhammer state. The office opened earlier this month and is being directed by German businessman Christopher Doerr, who is CEO of Innoteque Solutions in … Continued
Ivey said “world stood still” when man first walked on the moon
Tuesday night, Alabama Governor Kay Ivey was at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville to honor the engineers, scientists, and astronauts whose work helped take Apollo 11 to the moon in 1969. Ivey said that we are here in celebration of not only America’s achievement but Alabama’s role in accomplishing that goal. “I … Continued
Ivey to speak at dinner commemorating the 50th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11
Tuesday is the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Apollo 11 mission that took a man to the Moon for the first time. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey will be in Huntsville Tuesday night to deliver remarks at the Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Dinner. The annual dinner will be held at NASA’s Space and Rocket … Continued
Gerhardi opens auto parts plant in Montgomery
German auto supplier Gerhardi Inc. opened its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Montgomery Tuesday. The $41.6 million plant will employ up to 235 people. Gerhardi Managing Director Rienhard Hoffman said the company is excited to launch operations at the state-of-the-art injection molding, electroplating and assembly plant in Alabama’s capital city. “Montgomery has proven itself as … Continued